Gmail Free + SPF, DKIM, DMARC error/warning notification

  • Resolved aarav12

    (@aarav12)


    2 years, 1 month ago

    Hi,

    I am using WP Mail SMTP and set things up according to your instructions for the Gmail API to send email using my free Gmail API. However, I receive an error message about SPF and two warning notes about DKIM and DMARC now. I did not receive these messages previously. The SPF error message says,

    warning icon
    DKIM
    Action Needed: It doesn’t look like the DKIM record required by Google has been added to your domain. Please check out Google’s DKIM guide for details on how to add this record to your domain’s DNS.

    Do I need to add a new TXT record to my DNS settings? I use Google Domains. If so, what should it include? Any help will be much appreciated. I don’t want my customers to stop receiving email, and I am afraid that might be the case now.

    I am using a custom domain for my “From Email” address in your plugin. My Gmail account is the free one, so just gmail.com.

    When I send a test email, the email is not sent through or received.

    Please guide.

    Thank you!

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  • Plugin Support Darshana

    (@darshanaw)

    Hi @aarav12,

    Thanks for reaching out! If you’re using a custom domain/ email alias, you can ignore those warnings.

    For Gmail (or any other free email services like Hotmail etc), you don’t have to add DKIM records, so you can simply ignore those warnings.

    For more information, please refer to this thread.

    I hope this helps. Thanks!

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